A/N: An update! :c ~SEi

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Watanuki woke up with a start. It had gotten very warm and he was sweating as if he were in the middle of a desert. Was he? He sat up and looked around. No. No sand dunes, no stretched out horizon = no desert. Good. He sighed in relief. But then, where was he? He scanned the place. It was dark, except for a few beams of light coming from all sides.

He noticed Doumeki lying a little farther off from where he sat. He crawled over to the guy and poked his cheek. But Doumeki was awake. When Doumeki opened his eyes from the sweaty touch, Watanuki jumped back a little from surprise. "Geez. If you're awake, you should have woke me up."

"I'm tired." He closed his eyes again.

"And lazy." Watanuki frowned and folded his arms.

After a few seconds, Doumeki opened his eyes and stared hard at Watanuki.

"Wh-What?"

"You're sweating a lot."

Watanuki wiped his forehead. "I know, I know... It's a bit hot in here..." He pulled his shirt at the neck and tried to fan himself with it.

Doumeki sat up and turned his head this way and that. "Not really..." He stopped and looked at Watanuki. He frowned and then leaned over and put his forehead against Watanuki's own.

"Wh-Wh?" Surprised for the second time so far, he pushed Doumeki away. "Wh-What are you doing?"

"You're burning up."

"H-Huh?"

"You have a fever."

"Eh...?" Suddenly, Watanuki felt a little light-headed. "Ah... When did..." He drifted off and felt himself falling to one side.

"Oi!"

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Watanuki heard voices as he breathed in and out... in and out... in and out...

"Is he okay?"

Watanuki didn't hear nothing but silence as a reply but he heard Doumeki say back, "We were in the swamp..."

Silence.

"Alright. Thank you," Doumeki replied.

There was a sound of flapping wings and a brief breeze that lightly touched his skin. After a few moments of silence, Watanuki cautiously opened his eyes.

Doumeki, who was sitting close by, noticed. "Oi."

Watanuki frowned. "My name is not 'oi'."

"..." Doumeki ignored him. "Are you okay?"

Watanuki scoffed. "Since when have you ever been concerned about my well-being?"

"..." Doumeki ignored him again. "I'll go get something cold to put on your forehead." He got up and started to walk away.

"Hey! Are you deaf?" Watanuki called after him, but was ignored for the third time in a row. "Hmph!"

Suddenly, he felt his bed start to move. Wait... IS this a bed? He sat up, holding his head when the dizziness came. When his eyes adjusted and the dizziness cleared, he was face to face with a pair of eyes.

He screamed and backed up. In doing so, he almost fell off the 'bed' he was on. He was caught from behind by something furry. He brushed it with his hands, trying to figure out what it was. He felt along with it until he couldn't reach anymore.

"Eh?"

A/N: I'm keeping up! Kind of :c Sorry that this chapter was short =_=; I kinda ran out of ideas. ~SEi